A South Coast group hopes a new repairs workshop space opening at Moruya will encourage residents to appreciate the value of their possessions, save throwing items into landfill and save money.
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The Southcoast Health and Sustainability Alliance (SHASA), with assistance from local volunteers, is setting up a Repair Cafe in Moruya from Friday, August 28.
The Eurobodalla Repair Cafe will operate at the Red Door Hall, St Johns Page St, from 10am - 2pm every Friday.
Members of the community are invited to come along and bring household items which need to be repaired such as small electrical goods, clothing and furniture.
Repair Cafe and SHASA volunteer Valerie Faber said the cafe assisted in seeing our possessions in a new light and appreciating their value.
"By repairing household items we extend their life and can save them from landfill and ultimately save money," Ms Faber said.
"It also shows people how repairing their broken items can be fun, as well as rewarding, because they will gain valuable practical knowledge that they can use to fix other things around the house.
"SHASA would like to thank Dave Neyle from the Bega Valley Repair Cafe for his advice and support and also the Repair Cafe Netherlands Foundation which has helped Repair Cafes to get started all over the world."
SHASA president Kathryn Maxwell said the Eurobodalla Repair Cafe would be the 43rd repair cafe in Australia.
